With Whitland Youth opting to field a very strong and talented back division in Aaron Rees, Max Lewis, Geraint Jones and Jevan Mumberson in the centre line, with Ryan Davies at fullback and Rhys Codugan and Steff James making up the half-back pairing, it was always going to be a difficult day for the visiting Haverfordwest Youth.

It was compounded when they arrived at the game without some of their stronger players, missing due to injuries and others rested due to their involvement with the Pembrokeshire 18s Academy.

Within five minutes of the kick-off, Whitland had scored their first try. Aled John at number eight carried the ball, making the hard yards, and when it was quickly recycled, it was sent out across the backs for Jones to finish the move and score.

A second try came only three minutes later. Ryan Davies, taking a great angle, had the pace to break the defence and, although he still had work to do, neatly side-stepped the covering fullback to score out wide.

The third try by Rhys Codugan was a truly classy one and a lesson in support play. Whitland attacked from their own half where James and Davies, linking with outstanding flanker Jamie Harries, tore holes in the defence with their inter-passing, Harries taking the ball for a second time before giving the final pass to Codugan, who raced to the line.

The visitors gained their only points of the day after Whitland again tried to run from their own 22 metre area. From a ruck, the ball was moved to the forwards on the blind side and into a congested area of the field rather than the open side where they had a three to one overlap. This was a costly mistake, with Haverfordwest winning the breakdown and charging up to the try line for supporting flanker Gethin Thomas to score. (Thomas, who was the pick of the Haverfordwest team, obviously had learned a lot from his father Simon and grandfather Graham, both having played for Whitland RFC. Graham went on to coach the backs at Whitland and along with forwards coach John Phillips created a formidable partnership, bringing considerable success to the club in the late '70s and '80s.)

A final attack by the home side before half-time ended when Haverfordwest killed the ball at the ruck area, the penalty being reversed after the Whitland scrum-half was yellow-carded for over-vigorous rucking while trying to free the ball.

The half-time whistle came with the score at 19-5.

A fourth try for Whitland came from the kick-off, a good catch and offload from hooker Richie Waters allowing Steff James, standing in at scrum-half, to start the attack and combine with winger Rees and fullback Davies, who ran in his second of the day.

The visitors were then awarded a penalty after Whitland killed the ball at a ruck, the resulting kick sailing wide of the posts and denying them their only real chance of a score during the half.

Their efforts were further hampered with the dismissal with a yellow card of their number eight for diving into the ruck and killing the ball.

Jamie Harries was again involved by passing to and continuing his supportof powerful replacement winger Mathew Davies, who beat a couple of players before a return pass to Harries allowed him in under the posts.

Harries continued his try-scoring spree from the kick-off. Another great catch by Waters saw him feed it out to number eight John and, letting the ball do the work, he passed it on to James, who in turn passed back inside to the supporting Harries for try number six of the day.

Josh Toms, who had come onto the wing from the bench, immediately made an impression, his first breakout from his own half ending in the visitors 22 and his second ending in a try, when, after his initial break, he passed back inside to the supporting James, and this time it was Joe Criddle taking the final pass before sprinting over for the try.

Geraint Jones, who had moved to fullback, then ran 30 metres through the defenders to score the final try.

James converted seven of the tries to take the final score to 54-5.

Referee Erian Edwards congratulated both sides on an excellent game of Pembrokeshire youth rugby.